DEME said that this capital project includes the reclamation of 1,000 hectares of new land. It also involves deepening of the port’s approach channel to 23 m and dredging of a turning basin to 22 m.
Within the project, an enormous volume of more than 150m cu m will be dredged.
The marine works, including 6,800m of quay walls for new berths, 8,800 m of breakwaters and soil improvement works, will be executed by DEME’s consortium partner GIECO, Egypt’s leading marine engineering company.
The project is due for completion in 2023.
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